Rep. Jen Kiggans faces calls to resign after remark about Hakeem Jeffries
🚨 When GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans hears “cotton-picking hands” directed at the highest-ranking Black lawmaker in Congress and responds with “That’s right. Ditto” — smiling as she says it — that’s not a slip-up. That’s her mask coming off. 👉Let’s flood the replies with #JimCrowJen!
mushhakot.bsky.social43Her racist hatred comments are typical MAGA BS. She is only 54 years old??? That gal has been rode hard and put away wet many times and it shows.
Elliot Edelstein39The GOP is full of fkn racists
🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP CANUCK! 🇨🇦33Her face reminds me of ...
Feral Maui Hermit29This is all of them... every single Republican and Republican voter. They all cannot wait to start saying the N-word with the hard 'R'. At the rate we are going, Trump's going to drop the N-word in a speech before summer.
The Angry Black Woman 🪷 🐝 💛15It's now officially called "Jon Crow" to seal Robert's complicity. Otherwise, carry on.
Magnus G. Singleton12Oddly she is a nurse practitioner and a former navy helicopter pilot. She has lived a life few could only dream of. Man or woman, and White. How did she achieve those things? By merit or privilege? At what point in her life did come to believe that she is part of a superior race?
experimental22.bsky.social10Jen Kiggans is racist scum. That’s how her brief foray into politics will be (barely) remembered. Racist scum who did the bidding for a racist, misogynistic, bigoted, pro-rape, pro-child rape regime.
Gail8And this person is an elected official being paid with taxpayer monies? I’m betting some of those tax dollars came from individuals that she considers “cotton picking hands.” What a bitch
LovePet 🌳🪷🐝🦉🐋🐘🦮7She looks as mean spirited and evil as she sounds
Stace RN Resists 📎💙 OR6That’s the “hood” coming off…
Cheri Armstrong5#JimCrowJen sure is fugly on multiple levels. When is the last time she took a cognitive exam?
Mark Petersen5This administration has more than given the green light to overt racism, it actively encourages it. Kiggans has simply peeled off her thin facade of respectability.
Teleport Me Off This Rock🍀☮🤘💖🐈⬛🐈86475This is my worthless Congresscreature. #JimCrowJenKiggans
ed-never-forget.bsky.social4The mask has long been taken off all of these corrupt immoral racist GOP representatives… Anyone denying is lying Anyone ignoring is immoral
Rocky Mountain Progressives4There are Nazis in our government.
Nan Ayers4Sad and ugly. The racism, I mean.
joegturner.bsky.social4You mean GOP Rep. Jen KKKiggans? So shall she forever more be titled.
Ariella Layton3Inquiring minds want to know if she has a pick up truck with a gun rack in the back.
PAUL WOLSTENCROFT2These monsters have no shame or dignity or self respect.
ed-never-forget.bsky.social2Face of the rotting racist underbelly
CausesEffects2She's a horrible human being with a hollow, racist heart.
reggie-keats.bsky.social2Jennifer Ann Kiggans, an American politician, former United States Navy helicopter pilot is an unapologetic racist.
lmb6453.bsky.social2When you wear your soul on your face.
DrGeophysics (my personal opinions only)2A confederacy of crooks is racist too?
Steve2They been itching to say this
Judy2They don’t even bother to wear the klan hoods anymore
kelly7652.bsky.social2Look what hate does to her face.
“Cotton-picking hands” aimed at a Black man in 2026, and Republicans still have the nerve to ask why Black voters want nothing to do with the party of bigots. 📌 A host referred to Hakeem Jeffries as having “cotton-picking hands,” and Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans responded: “Yes to that.”
Christopher Webb258They can play dumb all they want, but we know exactly what they meant.
Robyn60That’s not a dog whistle that’s a horn
Tommy Boy42so it's ok to use "cotton-picking hands" about a black congressman, but it's not ok to spell out 8647 with sea shells. It's always been about race and power.
Grammyrulz26The racist moron speaking is Rich Herrera. He works for News Radio WRVA in Richmond. If anyone would like to call in, the number is 833-804-1140. The dumb c*nt is, of course, Jen Kiggans.
Trixie 🌸🇨🇦18What an ignorant hosebag. It speaks volumes about the hate that lives inside the person who said that, and also about the people who raised them. Shameless evil. I don’t know how someone could write such a thing, it made me wince and feel horrible inside when I read that.
David15Racism is alive and well in the Republican Party. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-re...
tink51.bsky.social15This racist language continues to go mainstream as the Trump Regime and 6 SCOTUS justices have given it their full and complete approval.
Hawkeye Pete13"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time" -Maya Angelou
msceli-mac.bsky.social10Disgusting is what they are.
Caretaker9My racist grandma used to use that term all the time and I finally picked up on it when I was around 12 years old dancing on the sidewalk and she screamed at me to shut off that "cotton picking music" and stop my "n-word boppin". That was the day the dam broke and I saw her for who she was.
Sue8Their solution seems to be just gerrymander out Black votes. And SCOTUS green-lit that. So they don't even have to try appealing to all voters.
Velvet Vixen ♡8That comment is incredibly offensive. How can anyone think that's okay to say? 🤦♀️
DedicatedToDemocracy7OMG. They don't even try to hide their racism. Disgusting.
etk-nv.bsky.social7The Rednecks in Virginia are insufferable. Fortunately, most voters there have evolved - which is why there's an issue with Districts. Jefferson Davis wannabes visit his gravesite regularly. We have much work to do as a nation. Let's beat the #GOP at the polls in #VA in spite of this setback.
Richard Russell #🟦 🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦 #IStandWithUkraine6I'm glad they're getting comfortable letting everyone know what kind of people they really are.
[email protected]5When racism is the common thread that holds them together, the only plan is subjugate them or get rid of them, right clucker?
Milo Smith5Can we finally call them white supremacists and white nationalists, already.
Bonnie Schwertner5That’s reaching really deep into the box of crackers.
Bernadette DeMesme-Anders5Some of us have always known what we were dealing with. It’s just loud enough for all to hear again.
Terri Resists5Sharing on all sites related to Virginia.
mimi8284It will be hilarious when our own “cotton pickin’ hands” vote all their racist a$$es out.
Diane4Racism is a choice. Kiggans was a US Navy helicopter pilot for 10 years. I wonder how she treated her Black shipmates.
mindyx3.bsky.social4Disrespect from republicans is par for the course. Hakeem Jefferies is the minority leader of the House Democrats. He certainly can speak out about Virginia’s Supreme Court decision.
I’m not really a cat3Wish I could say what I really feel about these Nazi assholes
Dee-Dee3He knew exactly what he was saying! 🤬🤬
Janet3Wow! Just wow. In the open with it all now.
Liberty and Justice For All3Such unbelievable racist fucking crap. I can't even imagine how Black people feel... my heart breaks every fucking day these days
Seems the KKK is making a return of its racist beliefs.
Aquadiver3And just like that I realized I heard people say that as a child. I had forgotten all about it and as a kid never realized what it meant. Going to sit here with my horror.
@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social3@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @duckworth.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @crockett.house.gov @khanna.house.gov
sometimesising.bsky.social2This post just taught me what that phrase really means & I feel so ignorant for not making that connection before. I’ve heard people say it but no POC were ever involved. Thank you for helping me learn that. 🙏🏻
Mr. International2He just said the "N" word for the leader of the congressional Democrats.
The Common Good2MAGA Racism on full display!
QueenSteph2I wonder how the Candace Owen’s Blexit folks are feeling these days?
Kitty Kowalski2They don't even bother hiding the racism anymore
SAM2If they can cancel Stephen Colbert for jokes? Then this asshole can use a to be fired and put into the unemployment line!!!?
stopdropendfascism.bsky.social2@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social this bitch is a Nazi . Open an investigation
stopdropendfascism.bsky.social2Wow fuck that bitch! She’s a Nazi
EmmyEm 🇺🇸+🇬🇧💙2Vile racists. Just the worst people.
dcspointilleux.bsky.social2She just handed one - or all - of the Democrats running for her seat a very useful ad.
Billionaires are a Crime Against Humanity2You can’t #Polish a piece of #Excrement It doesn’t matter if you dress 👗 it in a gown or suit, it just #Soils the finery
MAGA Rep Jen Kiggans (R-VA) agreeing with this radio host that Leader Jeffries (D-NY) needs to get his cotton-picking hands off of Virginia, tells you everything you need to know about the Republican Party. #JimCrowJen needs to resign or lose her seat in November. VILE‼️‼️
Snagz14SHe represents everything wrong with Virginia, the South, and politics today - her words should bet met with IMMEDIATE expulsion. She is fit to serve no one but slavers
concerned2.bsky.social8Kiggans... RESIGN VOTE for Elaine VOTE 🔵
Steve 🌮 🥃6Defeat the GOP and defeat racism. Vote!
JB-HOT-CHEEZE4Back when things made sense, this would be career ending.
Harrison3When someone opens mouth and inserts foot.
Uniongrl ☮️ 🌍🎵🌻🦋2They took the hoods off. At least we know who the racist, bigoted xenophobic assholes are. Now...VOTE THEM OUT!
Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine2You're right, Jen Kiggans is vile—but she's hardly alone amongst GOP racists.
The radio host said Hakeem Jeffries should "get [his] cotton-picking hands off of Virginia" And this Republican congressmember, Jen Kiggans, enthusiastically replied "That’s right. Ditto, yes, yes to that” Retire bitch
Robert Black12No no the word is "resign" As in "in disgrace"
Jerry Edwards11They're really just going for it. Bringing back the Jim Crow rhetoric with the Jim Crow maps.
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)11“A racial remark” is an example of how center left media fail the assignment.
Steve T PhD6I don't think it will matter to the justices, but it is bracing to watch people follow up the "gerrymandering is okay if partisan" decision with a deluge of crude and vile racism (instead of partisanism).
hemantoysinmyass3If this bitch is this brave on a radio show. The casual abhorrent shit that comes out of this wet dog's mouth in the safety of her home and car. All these clowns were dealing with today is because we went soft af on these traders back in the CW.
Alten Försterei in SF 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️2Ha, you can't get Republicans to resign over pedophilia, I doubt you'd get one to resign if she used the N word
Jay Welch 🗽2plus, saying ditto to a right-wing radio host is a second cultural dogwhistle in its own right!
alwaysthetomboy2We need to outlaw racism ‼️
This racist referred to Hakeem Jeffries as "cotton picking." This means she will be a MAGA hero by Wednesday. Just watch. www.axios.com/2026/05/12/j...
Teleport Me Off This Rock🍀☮🤘💖🐈⬛🐈86479SHe's worthless. I know, she's my Congresscritter.
🔵real opposition🇺🇸🇪🇸🇺🇦5The epitome of white trash. Too uneducated and uncivilized to discuss a topic without hurling insults. Truly trashy
Velvet Vixen ♡5"Cotton picking"? That's beyond the pale. 😠 What a vile thing to say.
concerned2.bsky.social2VOTE her out VOTE 🔵 VOTE Democrat
Alex T2Megyn Kelly is making her an award, as we speak.
LAMJ2Supreme Court said there's no more racism.
“Cotton-picking hands” is not a figure of speech. It is a direct invocation of slavery — designed to remind a Black man of his place. Rep Jen Kiggans heard it used against Hakeem Jeffries and said THAT’S RIGHT. If that doesn’t make your blood boil, check your pulse. #JimCrowJen
Linda Hutchison6It's said in the South. I have said it myself in moments of anger when a man has put their hands on me. I have NEVER said that to a Black person. And, I stopped myself saying it over 40 years ago.
concerned2.bsky.social4She needs to resign VOTE 🔵 VOTE Democrat
Ed Macdonald2All bigotry is confession. Life was wasted on those racist bags of pig shit.
Rep. Jen Kiggans denies Democrats’ criticism that she condoned racist remarks. Weird since her verbatim remarks are below… and worldwide. Hi 👋🏽 Virginia voters! #JimCrowJen Kiggans’ VA2 district is now listed as a toss up. Let’s help Virginia GOTV - America is sick of this ish! 🗳️ 1/2
Lisa Reyna Loe11VA redistricting stats source ⬇️ Uh oh #JimCrowJen 2/2 centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱2Jen Kiggans knew what she was saying. There is NO way around it... #JimCrowJen
majorityunsilenced.bsky.social2There are SO many ways to be a shitty person, why add RACISM to your profile Rep Kiggans?
A spokesperson for Hakeem Jeffries just tore into Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) for saying she agreed with a conservative radio host who said that Jeffries, who is Black, should take his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.” www.huffpost.com/entry/hakeem...
Jen Bendery48A number of Dems have called on Kiggans to resign over this. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), who co-chairs the bipartisan Maternity Care Caucus with Kiggans, today said she should leave the caucus and leave Congress.
beege2Please please don't overlook that she is a RN/NP who gutted healthcare for her own constituents. Let's stop asking for apologies from people who are not sorry. Something she'll understand -- go for the jugular. Elaine Luria is hopefully on this big time. In a just world, she would lose her licenses.
cateatdog2Still no coverage in the Virginian Pilot about Kiggans racist remarks. It's almost like private equity destroyed journalism.
Virginia Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans is facing calls to resign from Democratic colleagues who say she expressed agreement with a radio host's remark that Hakeem Jeffries should get his "cotton-picking hands off of Virginia."
H5Resignation isn’t enough. Benefits should be stopped. No more tax dollars to her and reparations made by her, to Congressman Jeffries.
Happy Puppy5Yeah.. and the gop claims there is not a racial issue in the US
Donna3This lady can f the f right off
soberjon2YOU NEED ACCOUNTABILITY 1ST. DC DOESN'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW
Tyler Savage2Sometimes you think stupid has a bottom, then people like Kiggans say, “hold my burning cross.”
GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans thinks Hakeem Jeffries has "COTTON-PICKING HANDS": Radio host: "Get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia" Kiggans: "That's right! Ditto. Yes. Yes, to that."
Angele5They don’t care that we plainly see that they are all white supremacists & still look down on an extremely educated Black men & women. Just like they did to President Obama & VP Harris. Interesting that they leave alone SCOTUS Uncle Clarence Thomas. Ginni is his protector.
Tinman3What did you think Republicans meant when they talked about “black jobs” 🤷♂️
